At 03:21 AM 11/26/98 GMT, you wrote:
>After setting the CMOS correctly, and replacing ribbon cables, floppy
>drives, and using various disks, both A and B [1.44mb] floppy drives
>begin to run an 'exe.' file, but after a couple of seconds--hang up.
>
>The screen freezes, the floppy drive light is on, the wheel spins, but
>nothing happens.  This is on either A or B floppy drive.  Also,
>because the floppy won't work, the machine will not boot to floppy
>[which is my biggest problem]
>
>At prompt A:> or B:>, I can use 'dir' and see the list of files, but
>it's very slow.  Running any kind of installation file or trying to
>boot just locks up.  CMOS is set right, red-traced wire to pin #1, and
>no pins are bent.
>
>ideas?  I'm stuck...
Is the second floppy set by jumper as a secondary floppy? Haven't done this
myself, just know from reading that it must be done.
Dean

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